Epiphany 1 The earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea. Habakkuk 2. 14. Psalms: 66 1st Lesson: Isaiah 49. 13-23 2nd Lesson: Matthew 17. 1-13 Collect of the Day: O Lord, we beseech thee mercifully to receive the prayers of thy people which … Continue reading Morning Prayer for the First Sunday after Epiphany, and the Forty-Fourth Sunday in COVIDtide
Said Eucharist for the Epiphany of Our Lord or the Manifestation of Christ to the Gentiles
As current health regulations permit, I attended a said BCP Eucharist at St Paul’s Anglican Church on the Grand Parade for the Feast of the Epiphany. Epiphany at St Paul’s In Western Christian tradition, Epiphany is the commemoration of the visit of the the Christ-child by the Magi (wise men/kings). Collect of the Day: O … Continue reading Said Eucharist for the Epiphany of Our Lord or the Manifestation of Christ to the Gentiles
Twelfth Night (Final Day of Christmas)
Happy Twelfth Night! Merry final day of Christmas! (though the Christmas tree stays up until Candlemas or the Presentation of Christ at the Temple (2 February).🎄🌟🤴🏿🤴🏾🤴🏽 Chalking the Door Tomorrow is Epiphany, the day when Jesus is visited by the three Magi. I chalked my door this year for Epiphany as I am continually adding … Continue reading Twelfth Night (Final Day of Christmas)
Morning Prayer for the Second Sunday after Christmas Day, being the Tenth Day of Christmas, and the Forty-Third Sunday in COVIDtide
Second Sunday after Christmas Behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. St Luke 2. 10, 11. Psalms: 113 1st Lesson: Isaiah 21. 4-end 2nd Lesson: 1 John 1. … Continue reading Morning Prayer for the Second Sunday after Christmas Day, being the Tenth Day of Christmas, and the Forty-Third Sunday in COVIDtide
The Feast of the Circumcision of Christ, being also the Octave Day of Christmas and New Year’s Day. 🥂🥳🌟🎄
Today is the Feast of the Circumcision of Christ, being also the Octave Day of Christmas (the Eighth Day of Christmas), being also New Year’s Day, in the forty-second week of COVIDtide. Collect of the Day: Almighty God, who madest thy blessed Son to be circumcised, and obedient to the law for man: Grant us … Continue reading The Feast of the Circumcision of Christ, being also the Octave Day of Christmas and New Year’s Day. 🥂🥳🌟🎄
The Feast of Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1170, being also the Fifth Day of Christmas
The Martyrdom of St Thomas Becket depicted in the Book of the Hours, Sarum Rite, 14th Century. Thomas Becket was Lord Chancellor and then Archbishop of Canterbury under King Henry II, then there was a falling out between the two. Four of Henry’s knights decided to go to Canterbury Cathedral and murdered Becket at vespers … Continue reading The Feast of Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1170, being also the Fifth Day of Christmas
Said Eucharist for the Sunday after Christmas Day, being also the Feast of St John the Evangelist, and the Forty-Second Sunday in COVIDtide
Sunday after Christmas Day at the Anglican Church of the Apostles, Halifax Collect of the Day: Almighty God, who hast given us thy only-begotten Son to take our nature upon him, and as at this time to be born of a pure Virgin: Grant that we being regenerate, and made thy children by adoption and … Continue reading Said Eucharist for the Sunday after Christmas Day, being also the Feast of St John the Evangelist, and the Forty-Second Sunday in COVIDtide
Solemn Morning Prayer for the Feast of St Stephen, being also the Second Day of Christmas, and Boxing Day, in the Forty-First week of COVIDtide
Behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. St Luke 2. 10, 11. Psalms: 15, 16 (Exeter Cathedral Choir) 1st Lesson: Genesis 4. 1-10 2nd Lesson: Acts 6 Hymn: … Continue reading Solemn Morning Prayer for the Feast of St Stephen, being also the Second Day of Christmas, and Boxing Day, in the Forty-First week of COVIDtide
O Virgo virginum
The final Advent Antiphon (23 Dec) is O Virgo virginum (O Virgin of virgins). O Virgin of virgins, how shall this be? For neither before thee was any like thee, nor shall there be after. Daughters of Jerusalem, why marvel ye at me? The thing which ye behold is a divine mystery. O Virgo virginum, … Continue reading O Virgo virginum
O Emmanuel
The Advent Antiphon of Today (22 Dec) is O Emmanuel. O Emmanuel, our King and our Lawgiver, the Desire of all nations, and their Salvation: Come and save us, O Lord our God. O Emmanuel, Rex et legifer noster, exspectatio Gentium, et Salvator earum: veni ad salvandum nos, Domine, Deus noster. From the English Hymnal
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